AP Language Flashcards

7433480337	inference (n.)	To draw a resonable conclusion from the information presented	0
7433480338	Invective	An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.	1
7433480339	Irony	The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant	2
7433480340	loose sentence	A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases or clauses	3
7433537630	Metaphor	A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one or the other	4
7433537631	Metonymy	A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it	5
7433537632	Mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	6
7433537633	Narrative	The telling of a story	7
7433537634	Onomatopeia	A figure of speech where words imitate sounds	8
7433537635	Oxymoron	A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox	9
7433537636	Paradox	A statement that appears to be self contradictory	10
7433537637	Parallelism	The grammatical or rhetorical framing of words phrases sentences or paragraphs to give structural similarity	11
7636691472	allegory (n)	The device of using character and story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning	12
7636691473	Alliteration	The repetition of sound, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words (as in she sells sea shells)	13
7636691474	Allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event book, myth, place, or work of art.	14
7636691475	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional of a word phrase sentence or passage	15
7636691476	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.	16
7636691477	Anaphora	One of the devices of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines clauses or sentences	17
7636691478	Anecdote	A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person	18
7636691479	Antecedent	The word phrase or clause referring to by a pronoun	19
7636691480	Aphorism	A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth of moral principle	20
7636691481	Apostrophe	An address to a dead or absent person, or personification as if he or she were present	21
7636691482	Atmosphere	the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work	22
7636691483	Clause	A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.	23
7636691484	Colloquial	The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing	24
7636691485	Coherence	A principal demanding that the parts of any composition can be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligent	25
7636691486	Conceit	A fanciful expression usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects	26
7636691487	Connotation	The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.	27
7636691488	Denotation	The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word	28
7636691489	Diction	Related to style diction refers to the writers word choices	29
7636691490	Didactic	having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing	30
7636691491	Euphemism	use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one	31
7636691492	Exposition	a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory	32
7636691493	extended metaphor	A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.	33
7636691494	figurative language	writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally	34
7636691495	figure of speech	A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things.	35
7636691496	generic conventions	Traditions for each genre.	36
7636691497	Genre	a major category or type of literature	37
7636691498	Homily	a sermon	38
7636691499	Hyperbole	An exaggeration or overstatement	39
7636691500	Imagery	Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)	40
7636691501	Parody	a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner	41
7636717100	pedantic	tending to show off one's learning	42
7636717101	periodic sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.	43
7636717102	Personification	the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea	44
7636717103	point of view	The perspective from which a story is told	45
7636717104	predicate adjective	An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject	46
7636717105	predicate nominative	a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject	47
7636717106	Prose	Any material that is not written in a regular meter like poetry	48
7636717107	Repetition	the duplication of any element of language	49
7636717108	Rhetoric	Governing the art of writing effectively	50
7636717109	rhetorical modes	exposition, description, narration, argumentation	51
7636722309	Sarcasm	Language meant to hurt someone or ridicule them	52
7896896953	satire (n)	language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule	53
7896896954	Semantics	The study of the meaning of words	54
7896896955	Style	the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work	55
7896896956	subject complement	The word or clause that follows a linking verb and compliments or completes the subject	56
7896896957	subordinate clause	dependent clause	57
7896896958	syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.	58
7896896959	symbol (n)	somthing used for or regarded as representing something else	59
7896896960	Syntax	The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.	60
7896896961	Theme	Central idea of a work of literature	61
7896896962	Thesis	Main idea of a work	62
7896896963	Tone	The authors attitude towards a piece	63
7896896964	Transition	Word or phrase the links different ideas	64
7896896965	Understatement	a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said	65
7896896966	Undertone	An attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece.	66
7896896967	Wit	Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights	67